Tuesday, September 27, 2016

In an article published September 26, 2016, University IT announced a new agreement between University IT, the School of Humanities & Sciences, and SLAC with Gartner Research that will offer all faculty, staff, and students free access to authoritative Gartner Research through a streamlined Stanford portal.

One of the highlights of the Stanford 125 website is its 125 Stanford Stories, which feature stories of Stanford's innovation, campus life, history and learning. For those of you who have not done so already, you may want to check out Stanford's Story No. 77. In this particular article, "John Mustain, curator of rare books at the Stanford Libraries, shares 12 of his favorite books in the Libraries’ Special Collections – and a leaf from a 13th – and explains what makes them special."

Monday, September 26, 2016

To commemorate the German national holiday Tag der deutschen Einheit (Day of German Unity) on Monday, October 3rd, 2016, there will be an Open House in Special Collections from11:00AM-1:00PM featuring some of the East German items and collections at Stanford University Libraries.

Sunday, September 25, 2016

If you would like to take a look at some recent acquisitions in the medieval and early modern manuscripts and printed books, please stop by the Barchas Room in Special Collections on Friday, September 30th, 2016, for an Open House between 11:00am-2:00pm.